Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.

— Mortimer Adler

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

— Mortimer Adler

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

— Mortimer Adler

Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.

— Mortimer Adler

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

— Mortimer Adler

Love without conversation is impossible.

— Mortimer Adler

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

— Mortimer Adler

One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.

— Mortimer Adler

The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.

— Mortimer Adler

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

— Mortimer Adler